Fostering Spaces of Relationality In A Time Of Hyper-Transactional
Today was a joy sandwich. But I should specify, because I started my day with moments of joy and I ended my day with moments of joy, but in the middle of that joy bread goodness was a thin layer of ick. And it is funny how the joy bread can be real thick, but it is the icky that means you are writing a blog post at 10pm because you know that you won't be able to sleep otherwise. That and well it is Pride weekend and when 4:30 rolls around tomorrow I am planning on disconnecting as much as I can from things so this is also why this is early. What I want to frame this week is the concept of relationality, and how we foster more relational spaces, in a time of everything being hyper-transactional and checkboxy and "good enough." And to be clear there is definitely times where grace space means that good enough is good enough. But when good enough is foundational, it is often the marginalized and multi-marginalized who have to face barriers because of lack of reflection and f...